Following the release of his recent book, 'Heyday: 35 Years of Music in Minneapolis,' photographer Daniel Corrigan shares memories of seeing Prince perform. 'When he was up there, I think he was connected with every single person in the audience,' Corrigan says in a video produced by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Dolly Parton has established a fund “to aid those who have lost property and loved ones in the wildfires that have devastated portions of eastern Tennessee – particularly the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevier County – over the past week,” reports Rolling Stone. Parton was raised in the area, and owns extensive property there. The fires came…

Minnesota singer-songwriter Erik Koskinen has released a new single for the holiday season, 'On Christmas Day,' which goes into rotation on Radio Heartland starting Thursday, Dec. 1. The video for the song features archival footage from World War II, depicting U.S. soldiers hosting a Christmas party for British children displaced by the London Blitz.

Barack and Michelle Obama will light the National Christmas Tree tonight, continuing a tradition that started with Calvin Coolidge in 1923. So for today's Coffee Break, what tree-inspired songs or bands do you want to hear?

The Teddy Bears, The Carpenters and Whitney Houston had No. 1 hits; Neil Young was sued for having "not commercial enough music"; 'Ice Ice Baby' was at the top of the U.K. Singles Chart; and a Kentucky teacher lost her appeal in the U.S. Supreme Court over getting fired for showing Pink Floyd's film 'The Wall' to her class, Today in Music History.

“We’ve been trying for a while to get here,” said Darlene Love on Wednesday night as she beamed out at her Ordway Concert Hall audience. That’s an understatement: in a career spanning well over 50 years, the St. Paul show marked her Twin Cities debut. Fortunately for those of us who have been patiently waiting…

David Bowie, the XX and Joseph make debuts; Phantogram make a big leap up the chart; and Lizzo retakes the No.1 spot.

Today's top music news stories include a valuation of Prince's estate, a Hamilton Drunk History with rock star cameos, and a forthcoming Marvin Gaye miniseries.

On Tuesday night, Bill DeVille hosted a Time Machine all about music from 1962. Now take the quiz: Listen to the mashup of five songs from the show, and see if you can identify them.

This week on What's New on The Current, Jade digs into 'Moonbeam Levels' from '1999' era Prince, an artist to watch in 2017 named Rag'n'Bone man and a new song from the legendary Alejandro Escovedo.